Why Hypo Group Alpe Adria chose Daptiv?
What drove your company to look into a PPM service? What were your motivations, and what were your business needs?
- Enhancement needs for “old” methodology for PPM; not sufficient tool support; sustainable implementation of single project management missing
- Alignment needs for the portfolio in the group to identify synergies, control portfolio
- High number of projects in several countries/companies of the group
What process did you go through to select a PPM provider? What was your criteria in selecting a PPM provider?
- Selection process (long list with internet research and existing knowledge, short list decision based on vendor feedback on requirement catalogue, preferred vendor decision based on vendor workshop with “use case” presentation and Q/A sessions, final decision after price negotiation with last two vendors)
- Criteria: technical concept, usability (!), price, configuration possibilities, functionality
In addition to Daptiv, did you look into other PPM / Business software providers? If so, which ones did you look into and why didn’t you choose them?
- HP/Mercury, Primavera, MS project server, Artemis, Rational/IBM
- Too complex to use for end-users, complicated licensing model, old fashioned look/feel, others
Why did you choose Daptiv?
- Usability for end-user, look & feel, fit of technical concept to our requirements, flexible functionality to fulfill our processes
- Competence of company/people
- Trust for product & company & people build up through the sales phase
What do you like most about Daptiv (benefits of product, why Daptiv as a company is unique)?
- product: usability, look & feel, technical concept, functionality, close to our processes
- company: people, flexibility, customer orientation
